ABSTRACT
In the current paper, the author would like to present the most common annual natural hazard hitting Tajikistan: landslides. Although Tajikistan is landlocked, it is prone to many natural hazards such as earthquakes, liquefaction, rockfall, avalanches, and mudflow. Previous researchers investigated landslides induced by earthquakes. However, in this paper author would like to focus on landslides and mudflow caused by heavy rainfall. Especially now, due to climate change and global warming, glaciers melt, and the intensity of rains eventually increases the frequency of landslides. Per the Tajik Glavgelogy, annually 50, 000 landslides have been reported all over the republic, including both seismic and non-seismic. Thus, this paper analyzes the case study from a geotechnical perspective and suggests early warning systems to prevent such threats in the future.
